Career support

Keele University Medical School places high importance in providing good careers support to Keele Students.


Keele Medical School Careers Team

Team members are:
• Ruth Summerfield (r.summerfield@keele.ac.uk), Career Lead at Keele University School of Medicine, Consultant Radiologist
• Carol Gray (c.a.m.gray@keele.ac.uk), Director of Student Support, Keele University School of Medicine
• Lizzie Cottrell (ecottrell@doctors.org.uk), Careers Link Organiser at Keele University School of Medicine, Academic GP Specialty Trainee


We aim to support medical students through career choices and decisions while they are studying at Keele. We can only do this effectively if students let us know their wants and needs.

The support we provide includes:

Module 1
- Introduction to careers support at Keele

Module 2
- Where will medicine take me?

Module 3
- What should I do this year?

Module 4
- Career Half-Day – introduction to multiple specialties and general overview of what lies ahead
- Career Overview
- 1:1 CV clinics

Module 5
Tackling Foundation Programme Applications

All years
- Help with finding out about yourself in small group sessions using the Myers Briggs Type Index
- 1:1 career support sessions as required
- Support with the annual career fair organised by the Keele Medical Student Career Committee


We encourage you to contact us with any concerns, questions or suggestions that you think would help to support the current and future career activities of Keele medical students.

For further details of forthcoming career events, useful career information and career resources please visit the Careers section on Blackboard.


Keele Medical Student Career Committee (KMSCC)


The KMSCC is a student-led committee that aims to improve career support for Keele medical students through student-run events (e.g. an annual career fair), feedback to the Keele Medical School Careers Team and by liaising with the wide medical student body to inform future career support. If you are interested in becoming a member of the KMSCC please contact Lizzie Cottrell (ecottrell@doctors.org.uk) for further details.